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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9 | Chapter 10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. To what does Tom Crick compare the soil of the Fens?
(a) Quicksand.
(b) An obese matron.
(c) Pudding.
(d) Phlegm.

2. What is the object that Dick Crick treats like it is a real person?
(a) His father's radio.
(b) His motorbike.
(c) His barge engine.
(d) His dead mother's sewing machine.

3. What is the motto of the New Brewery in Gildsey?
(a) E Pluribus Unum.
(b) Quid Pro Quo.
(c) Ex Aqua Fermentum.
(d) Sine Qua Non.

4. Tom tells us that as a young teenager Mary liked to "experiment" with boys. Whom does he NOT suspect her of sleeping with?
(a) Freddie Parr.
(b) Dick Crick.
(c) Tom Crick himself.
(d) Harold Metcalf.

5. Who is the patron saint of Gildsey?
(a) St. Julian of Norwich.
(b) St. Gertrude of the Marshes.
(c) St. Gunnhilda.
(d) St. Mary.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Atkinsons are an important family in the Gildsey area for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:

2. Tom Crick mentions a similarity his father found between his home and the battlefields of World War I. What is that similarity?

3. What sort of proof does Mary offer that Dick cannot be the father of her child?

4. Where do the Cricks find the body of Freddie Parr?

5. What is the name of the student Tom Crick butts heads with the most?

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